Uhaa Nation, aka Apollo Crews, has discussed his emotions after learning about his WWE releaseNation said in an interview with "Insight" that he received the call informing him of his release while he was at his son's basketball practice. His initial reaction was one of anticipation, as he had expected the call to come."I was at my son's basketball practice, and that week I kind of had an idea because it was WrestleMania week and I hadn't been doing anything on TV, and I got called in to do some appearances at WrestleMania, which was pretty cool because I think the two years before that I just stayed at home for both WrestleManias, where I didn't even go to do any media, no appearances, anything like that. So, I was out in Vegas for Mania, get home, I think it was Wednesday after Mania, I got a call from travel, and they said that I'm not needed for SmackDown this week, so I'll be staying home. And at that moment, I instantly knew. I was like, 'Okay, Friday, they're going to call me and this is going to be it.'"He stated that the call didn't affect him as much mentally, and he coped with the emotional impact of his release by pushing himself physically and trying to discover who he was outside of WWE. But he had to deal with the emotions of being let go, which he feels was tough to navigate through as he had responsibilities of being a father and husband."I didn't even really like think too much [after the phone call from WWE]. It didn't hit me like how I expected," he added. "And it was hard [to deal with the emotions] because I had a real life, you know, it wasn't just me by myself where I could just sit in a room and be like, you know, depressed or whatever, or let me deal with all these emotions on my own."The former Apollo Crews said that he wasn't overly emotional after his release, and that anticipating it made it easier.
